Swiss Tournament

This application allows user to host a Swiss-style tournament, which is the type of tournament where equally-skilled players face off.

This application will

- manage several tournaments

- automatically generate pairings and seat assignments

- keep track of tournament records

- break ties intelligently

- handle byes and drops

- match users whose records are similar

- attempt to avoid rematches

- only allow one bye per tournament

The tournament can have any number of players and any number of rounds up to a complete round-robin tournament.

This application is useful for hosting Magic: The Gathering tournaments, scrabble, chess, or any tournament that requires a Swiss-style pairing. The user interface is designed to be very intuitive, and tournaments can span several days as they are stored to permanent memory on the phone.